"The Sure Shield of Britain and of her Empire" | Frontispiece |
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Map of Scapa Flow and the Orkney Islands | To face xx |
H.M.S. "Cyclops" at Long Hope | 1 |
St. John's Head, Hoy | 5 |
Drifter Net-Boom Defence at Houton | 7 |
Sunken Ships between St. Margaret's Hope and Burray | 7 |
The Grand Fleet Base at Long Hope, 1916, looking towards Weddel Sound | 9 |
Closer View of the Base Ships at Long Hope | 9 |
H.M.S. "Imperieuse" at Long Hope | 11 |
H.M.S. "Victorious" at Scapa Flow | 12 |
R.F.A. "Ruthenia" | 13 |
Torpedo Sub-DepÔt Ship "Sokoto" lying in the Inner Hope | 14 |
The Brough of Birsay, off which H.M.S. "Hampshire" was lost on 6th June, 1916 | 14 |
Driving off from the First Hole on Flotta | 15 |
Children's Race at Long Hope Sports | 16 |
Watching the Sports | 16 |
A Boxing Match on Flotta | 17 |
A Ship's Garden at Crockness | 18 |
U.S.S. "New York" leading the 6th Battle Squadron into Scapa after crossing the Atlantic | 19 |
Harvest Festival | 20 |
The "Green Room" of a Battleship; Officers making up for a Show | 21 |
German Battleship "Kaiser" entering the Boom at Scapa Flow for Internment at Dawn on 26th November, 1918 | 23 |
The German Ships interned at Scapa | 23 |
German Battle Cruiser "Derfflinger" Four Minutes before finally Sinking, 2.45 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | 24 |
Vice-Admiral Sir R. J. Prendergast making his Farewell Address on H.M.S. "Victorious," 15th February, 1920 | 25 |
Good-bye to Scapa! | 26 |
View looking South from Houton Bay | 29 |
Wideford Hill and the "Peerie Sea" | 32 |
Loading Stores at Scapa Pier | 32 |
Kirkwall Harbour from the Cathedral Tower | 33 |
Albert Street, Kirkwall | 34 |
St. Magnus Cathedral from the Earl's Palace | 35 |
Old Houses in Kirkwall | 36 |
Stromness from the Sea | 37 |
Houton Bay Air Station | 38 |
The Clestron Barrier, Stromness | 39 |
The Standing Stones of Stennis | 40 |
The Ring of Brodgar | 40 |
The Tumulus of Maeshowe | 41 |
| German Battleship "Bayern" sinking by the Stern, 2 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | 112 |
The Final Plunge of the "Bayern" | 113 |
German Destroyers sinking or beached off the Island of Fara | 114 |
German Sailors taking to the Boats | 115 |
British Boarding Party alongside sinking German Destroyer | 116 |
General View showing German Destroyers sinking on the Right and Battleships in the Distance, at 3.30 p.m., 21st June, 1919 | 117 |
German Battle Cruiser "Hindenburg" as she now rests at Scapa | 118 |
Whaler "Ramna" stranded on German Battle Cruiser "Moltke" 23rd June, 1919, taken just before "Ramna" refloated | 119 |
German Cruiser "Nurnberg" immediately after being refloated at 2 p.m. on 3rd July, 1919 | 120 |
Salvage Operations on Battleship "Baden" and Cruiser "Frankfurt" beached at Smoogroo | 121 |
Salvage Work on the "Baden" | 122 |
Pumping out the "Frankfurt" | 123 |
Cruiser "Bremse," which capsized whilst being beached | 124 |
Battle Cruiser "Seydlitz," lying on her Starboard Side in Shallow Water | 124 |
Hoisting the Union Jack on a sinking German Destroyer | 125 |
On the "Seydlitz" | 125 |
"Baden" being towed South to Invergordon | 125 |
Salving German Destroyer "G 102" | 126 |
Salvage Party working on a German Destroyer | 127 |
View showing Salved ex-German Cruisers and Destroyers at Long Hope, October, 1919 | 128 |
The Salved German Cruisers "Nurnberg" and "Emden" in Long Hope Bay | 129 |
View Looking Aft from After-Control Top of "Frankfurt" | 130 |
View Looking Forward from the Same Position | 130 |
Expansion Ring Marking on 6-Inch Gun "Nurnberg" | 131 |
A Humorous Effort on the Part of One of Our Sailors | 131 |
The Propeller Blade of the "Seydlitz" | 131 |
Range-Finder and Searchlight Platform, "Nurnberg" | 132 |
88-Mm. Guns, "Nurnberg" | 132 |
6-Inch Gun on "Nurnberg" After-Turret | 133 |
5·9-Inch After-Breech, "Nurnberg" | 133 |
Searchlight Control Platform, "Frankfurt" | 133 |
10·5-Cm. Gun on a German Destroyer | 134 |
Torpedo Tubes on a Destroyer | 135 |
Engine-Room Control Board, "Emden" | 136 |
Lower Conning Tower, "Emden" | 137 |
German Destroyer being towed South to Rosyth, March, 1920 | 138 |
Blowing up the Minefields | 140 |
Closer View of Mine Explosion |
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